[T]he term "counter-culture" defies pat explanations as surely as those who have participated in countercultural movements have defied the customs and conventio

Counterculture, while commonly used to describe youth-oriented movements during the 1960s, refers to any attempt to challenge or change conventional values and

The American counterculture played a major role during a pivotal moment in American history. Post-War prosperity combined with the social and political repressi

Restricted to the shorthand of “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll,” the counterculture would seem to be a brief, vibrant stretch of the 1960s. But the Ameri